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Hemispheric cooperation for competitive, secure, sustainable and inclusive ports in the Americas.

First Hemispheric Convention on Cruise Tourism and Corporate Social Responsibility

Date/Time

Thursday, April 9, 2015 – Saturday, April 11, 2015  |  9:00 am -  5:30 pm 

Location

Mar del Plata, Argentina 

The Convention aims to provide a forum for analysis, discussion and exchange successful experiences on policies, strategies and/or actions on cruise tourism and corporate social responsibility. The Convention also seek to identify consolidated practices that will help to attract the cruise industry and investment, while taking into account the interests of the communities and tourist destinations, the protection of the environment and port security. 

Important Documents

Agenda and Presentations
Agenda and Presentations

Wednesday,  April 8th, 2015 

  • 8:00 – 8:30 - Registration and Accreditation 
  • 8:30 – 10:00 - Inauguration 
    • Pablo Fernández, Chairman of the Board of Tourism Mar del Plata 
    • Gustavo Pulti, Mayor of Mar del Plata 
    • Alberto Díaz, Chairman of the National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP) and Chairman of the Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP) 
    • Valeria Pelliza, Tourism Development Undersecretary, Minister of Tourism of Argentina 
    • Horacio Tettamanti, Undersecretary for Ports and Waterways of Argentina Minister of the Interior and Transport 
  • 10:00 – 10:30 - Keynote Address 
    • Bud Darr, Senior Vice-President Technical and Regulatory Affairs – Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) 
  • 10:30 -10:45 - Coffee Break 
  • 10:45 – 12:45 - Corporate Social Responsibility of the Cruise Industry: Cruise as trigger of economic development Moderator: Undersecretariat of Ports and Waterways 
    • Ana Rey, Marketing and Finance Manager, National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP) 
    • Ricardo Sanchez, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 
    • Roberto Fusaro, Chairman, MSC Cruises 
    • Marco Ferraz, Chairman, CLIA Ademar 
  • 12:45 -13:00 - Official Group Photo 
  • 13:00 – 2:30 - Lunch (General Participants must arrange for their own lunch). Lunch at La Normandina (Speakers) 
  • 2:30 – 4:30 - Impact on Ports Infrastructure and on Cruise Destinations. Moderator: Puerto de Mar del Plata 
  • 4:30 – 4:45 - Coffee Break 
  • 4:45 – 6:00 - Environmental Impact of the Cruise Industry: CSR and Environmental Awareness. Moderator: Undersecretariat of Ports and Waterways 
    • Rabih Aboudargham, Director of Environmental Operations, Carnival Cruise Lines. 
    • Alejandro Trillo, Director SMS Mexico, Stericycle 
    • Fernando Ramirez, APIs General Director, General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine of Mexico 
  • 6:00 – 8:30 - Welcome Cocktail (Hotel Provincial) 

 Thursday,  April 9th, 2015 

  • 9:00 – 11:00 - Public-Private Partnerships to Attract and Develop Cruise Destination. Moderator: Ministry of Tourism 
    • David Jean-Marie, Executive Director, Barbados Port Inc 
    • Jorge Durán, Chief of the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee on Ports 
    • Emilio Bustamante, Port of Mar Del Plata 
  • 11:00 – 11:15 - Coffee Break 
  • 11:15 -12:45 - Corporate Social Responsibility in Cruise Ports. Moderator: CIP/OAS 
    • Marcos Nicocia, Administrador, Port Madryn 
    • Enrique Suarez, Director Argentina, Stericycle 
    • Gustavo Melgar, Director of Concessions Department, Panama Maritime Authority 
  • 12:45 – 2:30 - Lunch (General Participants must arrange for their own lunch). Lunch at La Normandina (Speakers) 
  • 2:30 – 4:30 - Tourist Assistance and Protection in the Port and Destination. Moderator: Undersecretariat of Ports and Waterways 
    • Luis Alberto Heiler, General Prefect, Argentina Naval Prefecture 
    • María Bartolucci Blanco, Secretariat of Tourism of México 
    • Michael Brown, Chief, International Port Security Evaluation Division, S. Coast Guard 
    • Adrián Luis Alveolite, Secretario de Seguridad, Justicia Municipal y Control 
    • Augusto Castro, Inspector, Policía Turística Metropolitana de Buenos Aires 
  • 4:30 – 4:45 - Coffee Break 
  • 4:45 – 6:15 - Port-Community Relationship in Cruise Destinations: CSR and Impact on Communities. Moderator: Ministry of Tourism 
    • Nestor Ramón Lagraña, Chairman Provincial Office of Ports, Ushuaia 
    • Jorge E. Hidalgo, Chairman Regional Port Consortium of Mar del Plata 
    • Raúl Alejandro Maestre, Port of Santa Marta, Colombia 
    • Anasha Campbell, Secretary of Tourism Integration of Central America 

Friday,  April 10th, 2015   

  • 9:00 – 11:00 - Sustainable Management of a Cruise Destination: CSR Actions in the Social and Economic Sphere and How to Attract the Cruise to your Port. Moderator: Port of Mar del Plata 
    • Erce Barron Barrera, General Director, API Quintana Roo 
    • Marco Cardoso, South America Shorex & Ground Services Manager 
    • Karina Yarochesky, Undersecretary of Social Responsibility, Ministery of Social Development. 
    • Alessandra Minnicelli, Chair, Observatory Foundation of Social Responsibility (FONRES) 
    • Gonzalo Davagnino, Logistics Manager of Valparaiso 
  • 11:00 – 11:15 - Coffee Break 
  • 11:15 – 12:30 - Closing Session. Moderator: Port of Mar del Plata 
    • Jorge Duran, Chief of the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee on Ports CIP/OAS 
    • Alberto Díaz, Chairman of the National Port Administration of Uruguay (ANP) and Chairman of the Executive Board of the CIP (CECIP) 
    • Horacio Tettamanti, Undersecretary for Ports and Waterways of Argentina 
    • Daniel Scioli, Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires 
    • Minister of the Interior and Transport 
  • 12:30 – 2:30 - Lunch (General Participants must arrange for their own lunch). Lunch at La Normandina (Speakers) 
  • 3:30 – 4:30 - Tour to the Port of Mar del Plata, organized by the Port Authority of Mar del Plata (To be confirmed) 
  • 6:30 – 9:00 - Closing Dinner